My daughter just taught her first Reiki class! Hooray for her. The question was asked by her student, "Why do some Reiki practitioners follow a rigid diet etc., and others do not?" Through Reiki, we are getting to know our own vibrational frequency. I like to use the word frequency along with vibratory rate. Most of us know to some degree that we are made of energy. Energy can be translated or talked about in terms of its frequency. Everything resonates at a certain frequency. Our own frequency changes after a Reiki treatment or on a permanent basis after a Reiki attunement. An attunement adjusts our vibration, our frequency. The more attunements or ignitions, the faster or lighter, if you will, the frequency that our bodies will vibrate. Many things we do or encounter affect our vibrational frequency. The foods we eat, the experiences we have, and most importantly, the thoughts we think! Every thought has energy. I repeat, EVERY THOUGHT HAS ENERGY. Therefore, every thought we have has the ability to affect our frequency, our vibration. If we think of ourselves as little homing devices, imagine a picture of us beaming out lower vibrational thoughts, such as “I am a worthless human being” We vibrate with the frequency of that thought (a dense vibration) and thus attract, like magnets, thoughts of a similar frequency! So the saying ‘good attracts good’ is actually true! If that homing device puts out high frequency thoughts of love and joy and peace, we will attract the same frequency to us! So what about our habits, how we travel through the world? Many things we consume can lower our frequency, such as alcohol, drugs of any kind, meat, processed foods, sugar, caffeine, cigarettes. I am finding as I experience life on the road that indulging in processed foods, alcohol, sugar, caffeine are all pretty much the norm in our society! Avoiding those things becomes more of a challenge. I’m a Reiki Master teacher and my dedication every day is to move closer to a state of Anshin Ritsumei, the state of consciousness achieved by Usui Sensei on Mt. Kurama. Anshin Ritsumei is described as the perfect peace, or trusting in the Universe at all times and maintaining a peaceful mind in order to accomplish our mission from the Universe. As one of my teachers, Michael Baird, explanins, when we overindulge in chocolate cake or wine or anything that lowers our vibration or frequency, our physical vessel is less capable of maintaining that perfect peace that allows us to accomplish our mission from the Universe. And yet we judge others and certainly ourselves too harshly. Many times I have beaten myself up for enjoying a glass of wine with dinner the next day. Endlessly I chastised myself for being a ‘bad’ Reiki master. Until I realized that what I was creating with those lower vibrational thoughts about myself was lowering my frequency more than the wine itself! So my feeling is, we are human and some of us will eat perfectly and work out every day religiously and meditate for one hour each day and do Reiki every day. But all of us will do exactly the best that we can each day, and each day will be different. Some days will be spectacular and we will glimpse heaven on earth while others might be more of a challenge. My intention then, is to love myself each day for who I am, while keeping the goal of Anshin Ritsumei ever present in my heart and in my mind; to hold high frequency thoughts while honoring my physical vessel as best as I can. Here’s to holding dear our own frequency, holding high vibrational thoughts, and loving ourselves and others without judgement. Have a high frequency day. Love Rose